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In this captivating memoir, Steinberg, a Harvard grad and struggling obituary writer, spends two years as a librarian and writing instructor at a Boston prison, attracting con men, minor prophets, ghosts, and an assortment of quirky regulars searching for the perfect book and a connection to the out...

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Main Author: Steinberg, Avi
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nan A. Talese, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Steinberg, Avi.
Prison librarians > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
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